[Enophthalmos secondary to an orbital varix].

The enophthalmos is a rare cause of consultation in medical practice. The majority of cases are due to orbital space enlargement of traumatic origin. We report the case of a 63 year old patient with progressive enophthalmos of the left eye, with twelve years of evolution.

Progression of choroidal metastasis of ovarian serous cystoadenocarcinoma after intravitreal bevacizumab treatment.

A 57-year-old woman presented to her ophthalmologist because of rapid deterioration in vision. Dilated funduscopic examination of the right eye showed an elevated, yellow-orange choroidal mass temporal to the fovea; a complete retinal detachment was present in the left eye. The patient was referred to an oncologist.

Multiple apocrine hidrocystomas of the eyelids.

A 52-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of multiple bilateral apocrine hidrocystomas of the eyelids. For the past 3 years, the patient had developed a mechanical ectropion of the right inferior eyelid secondary to progressive enlargement of the lesions. Different therapeutic options were discussed with the patient.

Complications of two scleral flaps evisceration technique: analysis of 201 procedures.

Purpose: To present data on complications after 2 scleral flaps evisceration technique carried out with placement of a spherical porous implant.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent a 2 scleral flap evisceration procedure with placement of a spherical porous implant were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: Two hundred one patients were identified.

Auricular cartilage grafting to correct lower conjunctival fornix retraction and eyelid malposition in anophthalmic patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of auricular cartilage grafts to correct inferior fornix retraction and eyelid malposition in anophthalmic patients.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of consecutive anophthalmic patients whose posterior lamella was lengthened by an autogenous ear cartilage graft to correct inferior fornix retraction and eyelid malposition. Surgical and postoperative complications, additional procedures, recurrence of fornix retraction, eyelid malposition, and donor-site complications were documented.

[Submacular surgery in ocular toxocariasis: a clinic-pathologic correlation].

Purpose: To present a clinico-pathologic report on ocular toxocariasis in a nine-year-old boy with a submacular fibravascular membrane who underwent submacular surgery.

Materials And Methods: A nine-year-old boy affected by chronic ocular toxocariasis in his right eye was treated. Fundus examination disclosed multiple vitreous strands attached to the retina in the inferonasal quadrant and a submacular membrane with a surrounding exudative macular detachment.

Complete bilateral vitreous detachment after LASIK retreatment.

We describe a case of a 47-year-old woman who underwent bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for the correction of myopia and astigmatism. Two months later a residual refractive error was present in both eyes. LASIK retreatment was decided and performed the following day.